Rebecca Arrowsmith

Okay can Kendrick Lamar and Drake just make out already

"Astonish" by @DianeZinna was published almost a month ago, and I can now say it is my roman empire. I think about it so much, maybe too much. Such a beautiful essay, tense and imagistic, tight and deep and full. brevitymag.com/current-issue/…

@CavarSarah @The_Rumpus It is so good. I loved it.

"[...] I cannot help but revive Renee in my own story of self: 'You’re way better at being a girl than I am,' I once told her. Of course she was. All this time, she had been a woman, and I was hardly a girl at all." @CavarSarah @The_Rumpus therumpus.net/2024/05/21/lov…

"It’s like going mad on a desert island, only with sycophants and room service. It's like having a compliant compass that agrees north is whatever you want it to be[...] Power corrupts & absolute power often corrupts the awareness of those who possess it." lithub.com/rebecca-solnit…

The Bargain by Frances Dodds in @MemoirLand "We were both bargaining. But whatever bargain she was cutting, she kept losing. And I… I didn't want to think about this anymore. I wanted the negotiation dragging out in the checkout line to end." open.substack.com/pub/memoirland…

Virginia Woolf on style and rhythm

Today I had an epiphany.

@SebastianL74 Yes I saw you come up when I looked at the hashtag and read your poem! 🙌

@mara_beneway & it’s the fucking best

So many writer friends told me that I would simply ~know~ when I finally found the title to my manuscript-in-progress and I did not believe them. But after three years and probably 30+ working titles, when DAUGHTERS OF LILITH came to me I just... knew 🐍

@reb_arrowsmith it’s been pinned for like a year but more importantly it was incredibly bold of you to tweet at me while you had an essay past due. honestly i respect it

@Jake_Wolff DID YOU JUST PIN THIS? Jake, I am terribly, terribly worried and conscious of my section breaks today.

Creative nonfiction writers be like: I first ate a hotdog when I was six years old. I remember the taste, the scent, the summer. SECTION BREAK Hot dogs were invented in 1693 by Steven Hotdog. According to Scientific American, the hotdog is

I am really interested in the conversations I am having with my past self through my facebook's memory.

@ZoeSprankle @melissafebos @officialdonika Have you read Renunciations?

@ATometich Annabelle. Feed me as soon as possible.

Into the fridge for the night (hopefully)

Two sticks of butter and four bay leaves, how ALL cookies should start 🍪 #mayumu

@ZoeSprankle @melissafebos RIGHT?! Not going to lie - I just found out @melissafebos is married to @officialdonika and my heart can't take it.

What the hell is a “boob mask”?

@mcsweeneys Chef’s kiss

"Some critics have said that making almost every single main character a white middle-aged stay-at-home mom on the school PTA whose favorite TV show is reruns of Friday Night Lights is stereotypical. Well, stereotypes exist for a reason." mcsweeneys.net/articles/as-a-…